"
"Thank you, Miss Huston. Then did Graves, or Millard, as I call him,
express any hope of becoming suddenly well to do?"
"Yes; and now I can understand how he has lied to me. He let me believe
that he hoped to profit through mining concessions to Americans that
would follow the overthrow of one of the petty despots in Central
America."
"Yet Millard has been away from Washington much, has he not?"
"Most of the time during the last four months. He generally managed
to get over here for one day out of the seven; sometimes two days at a
time."
"I believe the whole matter is becoming rather clear in my mind. I do
not mind telling you, Miss Huston, how I first came to know the
fellow. He was over at our shipyard in Dunhaven, trying to get
employment on the construction of submarine boats. But something in
his manner made us suspect him, and he didn't get near the secrets of
any of our boats."
There was one other thing, however, that Benson felt he would like to
have cleared up. So he inquired:
"How did you know that I was at the United Service Club? Did Millard
know? Did he tell you to go there?"
"He guessed where you might be.
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